Henry in Love: A Valentine's Day Book for Kids - Hardcover

McCarty, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061142883 ISBN 13: 9780061142888

Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, 2009

Synopsis

Henry is a bit of a dreamer and not much of a talker.Then there's Chloe, who says what she thinks and knows how to turn a spectacular cartwheel.This is the story of how one blueberry muffin makes all the difference.

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Review:

With precise figures placed in vignettes on a gorgeous creamy stock, McCarty tells a sweetly simple, utterly sincere schoolyard love story.--Kirkus Reviews

A perfect Valentine's Day read and a fine picture book about love and friendship the rest of the year. Henry in Love not only illuminates the freshness of a burgeoning friendship in the elementary school set, McCarty's light-handedness evidences an even deeper love for the ordinary world.--Boston Globe

This gentle, pitch-perfect romance will have readers' hearts thumping with the thrill of first love.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

All is fair in love and kindergarten....The exquisite cream-colored pages bring richness to the presentation that makes readers want to turn each page. This beautiful book should appeal to the little ones who have a special someone in their lives but dare not say a word about it--School Library Journal (starred review)

McCarty nails several aspects of grade-school life (Henry demonstrates his "best forward roll" to impress Chloe) and loads his compact sentences with meaning and longing. This gentle, pitch-perfect romance will have readers' hearts thumping with the thrill of first love.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About the Author:

Peter McCarty has written and illustrated several acclaimed books for children, including Chloe, which received four starred reviews, and Henry in Love, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. He is also the author and illustrator of Hondo & Fabian, a Caldecott Honor Book and New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, and its sequel, Fabian Escapes; T Is for Terrible; Little Bunny on the Move; and Moon Plane, a Charlotte Zolotow Award winner. Peter lives with his wife and their two children in Clinton Corners, New York, where they get lots of snow.

About this edition

• Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061142883
• ISBN 13: 9780061142888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: McCarty Peter